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When things happen

WHEN / WHILE DOING… 14 sentences
AT THE TIME OF DOING… (MORE FORMAL) 9 sentences
WHILE DOING… / IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING… 11 sentences
BEFORE DOING… 10 sentences
UNTIL… 12 sentences
FROM … TO … 12 sentences

AFTER DOING… 12 sentences
AFTER HAVING DONE… 8 sentences
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE… 11 sentences

I'M ABOUT TO… 13 sentences
I'VE JUST… 10 sentences
I ALMOST… 7 sentences

IT TAKES (TIME)… 15 sentences
IT'S TIME TO… 15 sentences
TO HAVE TIME TO… 12 sentences
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN… 11 sentences

ALREADY DONE… 12 sentences
HAVE YOU EVER… 14 sentences

How sure you are

IT MUST BE… / PROBABLY… 14 sentences
IT SEEMS LIKE… / IT LOOKS LIKE… 14 sentences
IT LOOKS… / SOMETHING LOOKS (ADJECTIVE) 15 sentences
PERHAPS… / IT MIGHT BE… 14 sentences
MAYBE SHE… / MAYBE HE… 11 sentences
MAYBE I WILL… 6 sentences
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT… 10 sentences

HE SAID THAT… 9 sentences
HE SAID THAT… (HONORIFIC) 12 sentences
THEY SAY THAT… 6 sentences

OF COURSE! / INDEED! 14 sentences

Joining two ideas

BECAUSE IT IS… / BECAUSE IT ISN'T… 12 sentences
BECAUSE THERE IS… / BECAUSE I HAVE… 14 sentences
BECAUSE I DID… / BECAUSE IT HAPPENED… 13 sentences

ALTHOUGH IT IS… 9 sentences
ALTHOUGH THERE IS… / ALTHOUGH I HAVE… 12 sentences
ALTHOUGH I DO… / EVEN IF I CAN'T… 8 sentences

IF IT IS… / IF IT ISN'T… 10 sentences
IF THERE IS… / IF I HAVE… 15 sentences
IF YOU DO… / IF YOU DON'T… 13 sentences
UNLESS YOU DO… 12 sentences
IF I HAD… (BUT I DON'T / DIDN'T) 6 sentences

A OR B ? (IN QUESTIONS) 7 sentences
A OR B (ཡང་ན་) 7 sentences

ANYWHERE / ANYTHING / NOBODY… 15 sentences
WHEREVER / WHATEVER / WHOEVER… 15 sentences
WHETHER … OR NOT 13 sentences

Comparing and measuring

X IS … -ER THAN Y 12 sentences
THE MOST… / THE …-EST 14 sentences
TOO … 12 sentences
AS … AS / LIKE … 14 sentences
AS … AS POSSIBLE / AS … AS ONE CAN 11 sentences
NEVER / NOT AT ALL 13 sentences

HOW … IT IS! (EXCLAMATIONS) 13 sentences
LIKE THIS / LIKE THAT / SUCH / SO 15 sentences

ONLY X / NOTHING EXCEPT X 15 sentences
ONLY X, WITHOUT A NEGATION 6 sentences

What you want and can do

I WANT TO… 13 sentences
I NEED… (SOMETHING) 11 sentences
I'D LIKE… (SOMETHING) 7 sentences
I HAVE TO… 13 sentences

I PLAN TO… 14 sentences
TO TRY TO… 6 sentences

PLEASE… (POLITE REQUEST) 15 sentences
DO THIS! DON'T DO THAT! (COMMANDS) 15 sentences

MAKE SURE TO… 13 sentences

Building words and phrases

I LIKE DOING… / DOING IS… 15 sentences
THERE IS SOMETHING TO DO… 15 sentences
I'M GOING TO… 13 sentences
A KNIFE FOR CUTTING, A PLAN TO GO… 15 sentences

SOMETHING TO SELL / THE WOOD FOR MAKING 7 sentences
ONE SHOULD NOT… / YOU SHOULDN'T… 10 sentences
I'M YET TO… / I STILL HAVE TO… 10 sentences
TO GET THE CHANCE TO… 7 sentences

THE PERSON WHO… (-ER) 14 sentences
THE GIRL WHO… (WHO-CLAUSES) 13 sentences

IS CALLED / NAME 5 sentences
THE … CALLED … 12 sentences

IN, ON, UNDER, OUTSIDE 14 sentences
NEXT TO, BEHIND, IN FRONT OF, IN THE MIDDLE 15 sentences

TURNING A NOUN INTO A VERB 15 sentences
THE WAY OF DOING… / HOW TO DO… 15 sentences
WITH (SOMEONE) / TOGETHER 15 sentences